Taven decides future, more Watch Along guests, assorted WWE press, more on NXT UK names being pulled from shoe, Rock-WWE update, Velasquez meeting, Bandido injury note, Rush injury update, more NJPW NY notes, Interview with Rey, Punk-Cabana suit dropped, live event note, and Questions on wins and losses (again), Taz in WWE, Austin back in the ring, and the cost of title belts

Matt Taven and ROH have come to terms on a new agreement. The deal was made official two days before Death Before Dishonor. So I'd think he'll continue to be an important player even after losing the title.

NXT's Watch Along has added Ricochet, Apollo Crews. Bianca Belair, Jordan Myles, Chelsea Green, Deonna Purrazzo, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Rik Bugez, Jordan Omogbehin (surely he won't keep that name), Mansoor, Malcom Bivens, and Brendan Vink. Yeah they're really loading that party up.

Carmella and R-Truth appeared on Fox Sports' Manning Hour.

Big E delivered a New Day style entrance on FOX Sports' boxing PPV.

John Cena visited a recovering Colorado police officer.

Titus O'Neil was part of backstage footage for the Tamron Hall Show.

WWE has disputed pulling NXT UK talents from the Southside Wrestling Entertainment event being a result of Revolution Pro's alliance with NJPW. Instead, WWE says the issue was the recent incident at RevPro involving a referee being assaulted. WWE understandably didn't want its talents in a situation WWE wouldn't approve of, and further didn't want talent to be unable to appear at upcoming WWE shows.

Charlotte Flair narrated a NASCAR video package.

The Rock is still being worked with by WWE in regard to appearing at Friday Night Smackdown this week. It will come down to Rock's availability.

Cain Velasquez recently met with WWE. He's very much in demand.

Bandido's knee injury happened before Battle of Los Angeles, but he worked through that and Death Before Dishonor before taking time off. He has pulled out of the wXw tag team tournament as he recovers. I hope he's back in action soon.

Rush should be back in the ring shortly after his recent ankle injury; ROH just took precautions not having him work Saturday's TV taping.

NJPW ran their New York show past local regulations at an added cost. Honestly given the headache with the ambulances they should have gotten some leeway there. The show ended up being rushed to come close to the mandated deadline.

WWE got Chinese press for the recent live event there.

Rey Mysterio discussed wanting to wrestle with Dominic and more. Dominic has been training for a while now. I'd love to see them have that opportunity. As for changing roles, heroic and villainous characters still exist. It's just that fans are more apt to associate "oppositely" than they were in decades past.

Kota Ibushi had a tooth knocked out during a match Saturday night. He's taken a LOT of physical abuse.

C.M. Punk and Colt Cabana have dropped their lawsuits against each other, and the case has been dismissed with prejudice, meaning neither side can file anything further against the other. Glad something was worked out between them. More on this tomorrow.

Erick Rowan worked his first live event since July 13 Sunday night, losing to Roman Reigns in a street fight.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1.a. If you're watching wrestling just to see who has the better won-loss record, you're going about it in a very different way than most fans!

1.b. Wins and losses matter, but they aren't everything. Losing a big match is more important than winning 20 live event matches that aren't even mentioned on TV, for instance.

2. Um no a lot of us are definitely watching for the storytelling and outside the ring elements rather than win-loss records.

3. He's auditioned for WWE Backstage, so that could be where we see him again. I'm curious how his podcast, radio show, etc. would be affected by WWE hiring him back. I'd think WWE would want their projects to be a priority, and he wouldn't give up what he's got going on right now without a great deal from them.

4. Honestly I'd think the best way to use him would be a fairly quick match where he can bust out the hits and it doesn't matter who wins, because his opponent is either beating or losing to a 54-year-old. Austin vs. Orton or Austin vs. Cena could work, as both men have shown longevity worthy of being in the ring with him.

5. It depends on who's making the title and what they're using. AEW's world title was valued at $30,000. They would have made a new one if they had to, but it takes time to make something of that quality and they obviously wanted to show it off again as soon as possible.

More wrestling tomorrow.